test your knowledge

[wantneeda]

so i did my first night at my DWI course...for those who don't know it stands for...
Driving Without Intoxication
this was our first assignment...this course is a requirement for getting my drivers liscence back
true or false:

1. the amopunt of alcohol in an average serving (1 1/2 oz.) is completely absorbed into the bloodstream within 20 minutes

2. You can be sent to jail if you are charged with another drinking and driving offense in the next 2 years

3. you could be charged with impaired driving without having consumed a drop of alcohol.
4. if you are a little drunk, wake-up pills or black coffee will help to sober you up.

5. you could lose your driver's licence if you are caught operating a motor boat or skidoo while impaired.

6. alcohol is a stimulant.

7. the posted speed limit is the maximum speed a driver is allowed to drive at any time on the road.

8. if you drink only one drink per hour, you can stay sober.

9. a standard serving of wine, beer, scotch or vodka all contain the same amount of alcohol.

10. if you are in an accident while impaired, your vehicle may not be insured.

11. a person diagnosed as alcoholic can be cured.

12. if you serve a;cpjp; om a bar pr upir pwm jp,e. upi cpi;d be je;d ;oab;e fpr da,ages caised by a person who leaves the party in an impaired condition.

13. cold medications with just a couple of drinks have no harmful effect on your driving.

14. a breathalyzer test can tell if you've been 'smoking up'.

15. in 32% of all fatal highway accidents, the driver was impaired.

16. a person must drink for many years to become alcoholic.

17. if you think you've had too much to drink, you should just pull your car over and sleep it off.

18. if you get into a vehicle when you know the driver has been drinking, you're putting your life on the line.

19. three roadside suspensions (over .04) for an experienced driver will result in a licence suspension for 90 days and a referral to addiction screening.


here's the answers....
1. T
2. T
3. T
4. F
5. T
6. F
7. F
8. F
9. T
10. T
11. F
12. T
13. T
14. F
15. T ( in saskatchewan, canada)
16. F
17. F
18. T
19. T

how did you do???

[Chance]

T-T-T-F-F-T-T-T-T-F-F-T-F-T-T-F-T-T>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Well there are my results I flunked LOL>>>>Missed 8 I think, I was going to copy the answers and say I got a 100% but that wouldn't have been right huh....

Love vic

[angelgirl]

Hi,

Thanks for the test, some of it enlightened me,, I missed 3 of them, BUT one of the answers I got wrong, REALLY confuses me,, Here are the # I got wrong, # 9, 13, and 19.

What is up with # 13???
The Questions is,
13. cold medications with just a couple of drinks have no harmful effect on your driving.

Why is the answer True? Can anyone explain this to me, I don't understand,, The other #'s I got wrong, I agree that they could be wrong, but # 13??

Thanks again, want,, Interesting,,

LOve, Becky

[Greenbug]

cold medications is pretty vague, I mean what kind of cold and what kind of medicine?

is it a pill, or a drink, or and vapor rub, is it a cough, nasal problem, musle aches?

Real vague.

[splendra]

I missed 15 and 17

[wantneeda]

hey Becky,
i was told that a cold medication is a suppresant as is alcohol so mixing the two together...say you have 2 drinks and you've taken a contact c, the combination is actually like having 4 drinks. the end result is further impairment to drive. I also got #9 wrong. A standard serving for each different kind of alcohol is different. 8 oz of wine wouldn't be the same as a serving of vodka for example....

greenbug, i would think having put on vicks vapor rub and having a drink wouldn't make for a deadly combination...... I guess wether pill or drink as long as its also a suppresant it would only add to impairment.

splendra...32% apparently is the number for my area...saskatchewan. I also got it wrong, i figured it would be higher...apparently in the last couple of years our stats have gone down. good news. as for #17...it is false because even if you are not actually in motion, you would be in a motor vehicle and impaired, apparently is cause for police to charge with impairment. Ideally if impaired one is not to get behind the wheel impaired under any circumstances.

today i think i'll simply not drink

[Chance]

Originally Posted by splendra

I missed 15 and 17

Thank God now I don't feel so bad LOL>>>>I thought that I was special....

Love vic

[wantneeda]

hey Vic???
you are special
you are unique
...just like everybody else
bear hugs to ya
Wendy